Dulcifluous
(Dul*cif"lu*ous) a. [L. dulcis sweet + fluere to flow.] Flowing sweetly. [R.]
Dulcify
(Dul"ci*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dulcified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dulcifying.] [L. dulcis sweet + -fy: cf.
F. dulcifier.]
1. (Pharm.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony. Wiseman.
2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.
As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco.
Hawthorne. Dulciloquy
(Dul*cil"o*quy) n. [L. dulcis sweet + loqui to speak.] A soft manner of speaking.
Dulcimer
(Dul"ci*mer) n. [It. dolcemele,r Sp. dulcemele, fr. L. dulcis sweet + melos song, melody,
Gr. cf. OF. doulcemele. See Dulcet, and Melody.] (Mus.) (a) An instrument, having stretched metallic
wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer. (b) An ancient musical
instrument in use among the Jews. Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.
Dulcinea
(Dul*cin"e*a) n. [Sp., from Dulcinea del Toboso the mistress of the affections of Don Quixote.]
A mistress; a sweetheart.
I must ever have some Dulcinea in my head.
Sterne. Dulciness
(Dul"ci*ness) n. See Dulceness. [Obs.]
Dulcino
(||Dul*ci"no) n. (Mus.) See Dolcino.
Dulcite
(Dul"cite) n. [Cf. F. dulcite, fr. L. dulcis sweet.] (Chem.) A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2,
occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the
reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar.
Dulcitude
(Dul"ci*tude) n. [L. dulcitudo, fr. dulcis sweet. Sweetness. [R.] Cockeram.
Dulcorate
(Dul"co*rate) v. t. [L. dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet.]
To sweeten; to make less acrimonious. [R.] Bacon.
